Device and method for quantifying edema

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8425433
APP PUB NO 20090043229A1
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12148291

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The preferred embodiments of the present invention are directed at a device that provides a reliable, accurate and quantifiable measure of a patient's edema. The device improves on the current method of digital manipulation by evaluating the pitting phenomena in a user-independent manner. The output of the device allows a physician to categorize edema into at least ten different levels of severity. The systems of the present invention provides the ability to distinguish between tissues of varying viscosity.

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WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE100 INSTITUTE ROAD WORCESTER MA 01609

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Billiar, Kristen L Worcester, US 3 18
Dunn, Raymond M Shrewsbury, US 30 980

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